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Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team receives a welcome boost in win over Neelyville
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/16)
Saxony Lutheran senior Raegan Wieser had been waiting months for Monday night's game to finally come, so she concluded her debut in vigorous fashion.
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Advance boys basketball rallies, soars past Bell City in SCAA Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/16)
DEXTER, Mo. -- The fifth-seeded Bell City boys basketball team hit 15 3-pointers but it wasn't enough to upset No. 4 Advance on Tuesday night at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter. The Hornets rallied from a 53-44 third-quarter deficit to beat the Cubs 96-82 in a quarterfinal of the Stoddard County Activities Association Conference Tournament...
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Borgschulte rejoins Southeast Missouri State baseball coaching staff
(College Sports ~ 01/26/16)
It didn't take long for Matt Borgschulte to return to the Southeast Missouri State baseball team. Borgschulte was the Redhawks' volunteer assistant last season and announced his departure for an assistant coaching position at Tusculum College on August 7...
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"Blood in the Ozarks" Re-Examines a Civil War Christmas Massacre
(Submitted Story ~ 01/26/16)
Deep in the eastern Ozarks of Missouri, a battle still rages about a Union massacre of Southern civilians that happened on Christmas Day, 1863. While some call it a simple rescue mission to liberate captured Union soldiers, others claim that it was mass murder, which included women and children...
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Cape couple petitions for jury trial in condemnation case
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
State Rep. Kathy Swan and her husband, Reg, have petitioned for a jury trial in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court over a condemnation dispute with the city of Cape Girardeau. The Cape Girardeau couple and the city are at odds over what the city should pay to acquire just over three acres of woods for a road-extension project...
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Two men hurt after car crashes into Shawnee Park Center shed
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
A car crashed through the wall Sunday night of a city-owned shed at the Shawnee Park Center in Cape Girardeau, ripping open a 10-foot hole and injuring two men in the vehicle. The car eventually landed on its windshield, pinned against a tractor. It appears the car used a nearby ditch almost like a ramp...
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Joshua Kezer on 'Making a Murderer's' Steven Avery: 'His case is not my case'
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
Josh Kezer has found that people have gone out of their way to express their opinions to him on "Making a Murderer" and the Steven Avery case. To them, the similarities between Kezer's case and Avery's case -- as presented in the documentary -- are striking, particularly institutional misconduct. ...
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After 30 years, Cape Girardeau staple Broussard's Cajun Cuisine moves to new location
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
For 30 years, Broussard's Cajun Cuisine called 120 N. Main St. home. Not anymore. The restaurant shut its doors Jan. 17 to move just down the block to 114 N. Main St., where Riverfront Gifts and Collectibles stood. Hunter and Stephanie Clark, who have owned Broussard's since 2004, reopened the restaurant in its new location Wednesday and are back to business as usual...
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Cape Girardeau voters to see more tax votes in future
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
Cape Girardeau voters will see more tax issues on future election ballots, city officials said Monday night. Extending existing tax measures in the coming years will be "absolutely critical" to funding of capital improvements including streets, sewers and buildings, deputy city manager Molly Hood told the city council at a special study session...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2016. There are 340 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 26, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Rocky Mountain National Park Act, which created America's 10th national park...
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Congratulations to startup contest winners
(Editorial ~ 01/26/16)
The winner of the second 1st50k competition has been chosen from among applicants in 20 countries and 27 states. Cape Girardeau business incubator Codefi announced last week that St. Louis-based startup Impress Software is the winner of a grant worth $50,000 and pro bono support services. The company is "tackling the increasingly complex problem that individuals and companies face assessing and matching talents and skills" during recruitment, the Southeast Missourian reported...
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Two sides to Affordable Care Act
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/26/16)
Recently the House of Representatives and the Senate voted for the 62nd time to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. There are numerous arguments on both sides of this issue. The Wall Street Journal states that this law has resulted in higher health insurance premiums and caused a major disruption of health care markets. ...
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Speak out 1/26/15
(Speak Out ~ 01/26/16)
I just read an article in the Banner Press that said our wonderful Republican lawmakers are trying to pull the same voter ID garbage that they have done in the South. It is just a ploy to stop people from being able to vote. This makes me so angry. What right do they have to try to take away our right to vote? They say it is for voter fraud, but that's not it. ...
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Phillip Matney
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
Phillip H. Matney, 28, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Sept. 30, 1987, in Cape Girardeau to Herman and Mildred (Mathis) Matney. Phillip was a 2006 graduate of Hallsville High School and a truck driver for SIMX Trucking. He enjoyed spending time with his friends and doing odd jobs at Whiskey River, even though he didn't drink or smoke...
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Pope Francis answers questions from children in new book
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
NEW YORK -- "Dear Pope Francis," 10-year-old Mohammed begins, "Will the world be again as it was in the past?" Signed "Respectfully yours," the boy wrote from a Jesuit-run school for refugee children in Syria and was treated to a long and personal answer from the pope himself...
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Apple's iPhone success may be reaching its peak
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple could soon face one of its biggest challenges to date: Peak iPhone. Most analysts believe Apple surpassed its record by selling more than 74.5 million units of its flagship product in the final three months of 2015. But there are signs iPhone sales in the first three months of 2016 will -- for the first time -- show an abrupt decline from the same period a year earlier...
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Tracy Morgan: Back from the edge and returning to stand-up comedy
(Entertainment ~ 01/26/16)
NEW YORK -- A gruesome highway accident followed by months of pain and rehab. That's no laughing matter. Not unless you're comedian Tracy Morgan, who's mining this ordeal for laughs with his "Picking Up the Pieces" stand-up tour. After its warm-up phase, the tour officially launches Feb. 5 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, and continues through May...
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Out of the past: Jan. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 01/26/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Patriotism is the spirit of the day here, as many in the community turn out for a parade to show support for the American troops in the Persian Gulf. About 50 civic, school and church groups participate. Workers at area Florsheim operations had to wait an extra day to pick up their payroll checks yesterday. ...
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Justices extend ban on automatic life terms for teenagers
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- More than 1,000 prison inmates, some behind bars more than 50 years for murders they committed as teenagers, will get a chance to seek their freedom under a Supreme Court decision announced Monday. The justices voted 6-3 to extend an earlier ruling from 2012 that struck down automatic life terms with no chance of parole for teenage killers. Now, even those who were convicted long ago must be considered for parole or given a new sentence...
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Expert: Escaped inmates had inside help
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Three California inmates who sawed through a metal grate, crawled through plumbing tunnels and shimmied to freedom down a rope made from bed linens likely had help to pull off the daring plan and benefited from the complacency of jail staff, security experts said Monday...
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Twitter parts with four key executives
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Four of Twitter's key executives are leaving the company in an exodus that has escalated the uncertainty facing the messaging service as it struggles to broaden its audience and lure back disillusioned investors. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the management shake-up late Sunday after technology news site Re/Code reported the changes earlier in the day...
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Sources: Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- A homemade bomb left behind by the husband and wife who perpetrated a mass shooting at a California social-services center failed to detonate because it was poorly constructed, two law-enforcement officials said. The failure compelled Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, to drive around San Bernardino, California, after the shootings that killed 14 people. They apparently were trying to set off the remote-controlled bomb, one of the officials said...
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Search continues 10 years after disappearance of Risco woman
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
RISCO, Mo. -- Ten years later, and the family of Teresa Butler still waits to discover the fate of a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother. Ten years later, New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens still is searching for the answers. Between 10 p.m. Jan. 24, 2006, and the next morning when her husband, Dale, returned from his job in Blytheville, Arkansas, Teresa Butler disappeared...
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EU police warn that more attacks by IS militants are likely
(International News ~ 01/26/16)
PARIS -- Europe's top police agency issued a warning Monday: Islamic State extremists will keep attempting lethal attacks on soft targets in Europe as the militant group increasingly goes global. About 2 1/2 months after suicide bombers and gunmen killed 130 people in Paris, the Europol agency said, "There is every reason to expect that IS, IS-inspired terrorists or another religiously inspired terrorist group will undertake a terrorist attack somewhere in Europe again, but particularly in France, intended to cause mass casualties among the civilian population.". ...
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Grand jury indicts leader behind Planned Parenthood videos
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Houston grand-jury investigating undercover footage of Planned Parenthood found no wrongdoing Monday by the abortion provider and instead indicted anti-abortion activists involved in making the videos that targeted the handling of fetal tissue in clinics and provoked outrage from Republican leaders nationwide...
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Prosecutors will re-try Missouri man in sisters' deaths
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A man whose murder conviction and death sentence were overturned in the 1991 slayings of two sisters thrown from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis will be retried, prosecutors announced Monday. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce announced she again will seek the death penalty in the case against Reginald Clemons. ...
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Assistant professor at Mizzou charged with assault
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An interim chancellor on Monday rebuffed demands for the ouster of an assistant University of Missouri professor that have been rekindled in the wake of her being criminally charged for a campus run-in with student journalists during protests...
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U.S. Rep. Smith speaks against land purchase by Missouri DNR
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Jason Smith on Monday said the state Department of Natural Resources didn't seek enough public input on its plans to build a new state park in Southeast Missouri. The Missouri Republican spoke in favor of two state House bills that would require the agency in a public auction to sell land in Oregon County bought with money from a lead settlement...
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Judge orders temporary stop to 'nipple law' in Springfield
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Nipples can be exposed in the southwest Missouri city of Springfield while the American Civil Liberties Union and city leaders seek to resolve a dispute over an indecent-exposure ordinance passed after a topless rally. The ACLU announced Monday that a federal judge has granted a temporary injunction that renders unenforceable an ordinance barring the exposure of any part of the female breast at or below the top of the areola. ...
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Convicted killer charged in Missouri deaths seeks trial move
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- An Illinois man serving life sentences for six killings in his home state has asked a judge to move his next murder trial to another town in Missouri in hopes of increasing the likelihood of an unbiased jury. A team of public defenders appeared in court Monday with Nicholas Sheley, 36, in Jefferson County. They argued Sheley can't get a fair trial there on charges related to the deaths of an Arkansas couple during an alleged two-state killing spree over seven years ago...
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Mississippi River returns to normal
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
A man watches Monday as a towboat heads north on the Mississippi River in downtown Cape Girardeau. After a record crest of 48.86 feet on New Year's Day, the river stage Monday evening had dropped to 24.13 feet.
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P.E. class offered to home-schoolers
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
Home-schoolers in the area are invited to participate in a 12-week physical education class offered by the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department. The cost for winter/spring is $22 per child, and sessions will be held from 1 to 2:15 p.m. each Friday from Jan. 29 to April 22, said recreation coordinator Cassie Dennis. The first class will be at the Osage Centre...
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Train hits, totals vehicle
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
MARSTON, Mo. -- A vehicle was totaled after being struck by a train Friday in New Madrid County. Eugenia N. Kershaw, 31, of Portageville, Missouri, was driving east on Route EE in Marston at 7 p.m. when her vehicle became stuck in the snow on the train tracks, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Firefighters respond to small fire at Cracker Barrel
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
Cape Girardeau firefighters extinguished a small kitchen fire at the Cracker Barrel restaurant early Sunday morning. Firefighters went to the restaurant at 3:45 a.m., and all the employees were outside the building, according to a report from the Cape Girardeau Fire Department...
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Woodland boys basketball team sails past Richland in SCAA Tournament opener
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/16)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Woodland boys basketball coach Logan Nutt thought inserting junior Bruester Young into the starting lineup could provide a spark for his team in its opening round contest at the Stoddard County Activities Association Conference Tournament on Monday night. The move paid off...
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Notre Dame girls basketball team rallies past Farmington
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/16)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Monday.
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Jackson hires marketer for use-tax vote
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
BOLD Marketing will provide services to the city of Jackson to help inform voters about the use-tax ballot initiative to be decided in April. The Jackson Board of Aldermen approved a motion to hire the Cape Girardeau marketing firm during its Monday night meeting...
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Former bank employee pleads guilty to felony theft
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
Kelly M. Schweigert, 47, of Marble Hill, Missouri, pleaded guilty Monday to one felony count of theft in her case of authorizing fraudulent withdrawals at the Jackson bank where she worked.
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Trial of robbery suspect delayed as he seeks new attorney
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
Circuit court Judge Benjamin Lewis reluctantly continued the pretrial conference for Jesse Joseph Boyer, 35, of Cape Girardeau to March 28 in part because of Boyer's wanting a new attorney. "We're just not on the same page," Boyer said of associate public defender Leslie Hazel. "I'm not mad at her."...
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Horse saved after being stuck in frozen pond in Wildwood
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
Horse saved after being stuck in frozen pond in Wildwood WILDWOOD, Mo. -- A horse was saved after falling through the ice of a pond in a St. Louis suburb. The colt named Kid escaped the pond about 7 p.m. Saturday with the help of firefighters and not-for-profit MERS Large Animal Rescue...
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Missouri-St. Louis plans layoffs as budget problems grow
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The University of Missouri-St. Louis plans layoffs this year in response to a $15 million budget deficit. Chancellor Thomas George says the number of layoffs has not been determined. The school also expects retirements and will close some open jobs...
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Nation, world briefs 1/26/16
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
NEW YORK -- The number of U.S. children victimized by abuse and neglect increased by nearly 3 percent in the latest annual reporting period, according to new federal data. According to the report released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services, the estimated number of victimized children in the 2014 fiscal year was 702,208 -- up from 682,307 in 2013. ...
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Man rescued trying save dog from hole
(National News ~ 01/26/16)
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. -- Crews rescued a man who became trapped in a 12-foot shaft while trying to save his dog. Geyserville fire chief Marshall Turbeville said the man had climbed down a ladder to grab his dog after finding it whimpering at the bottom of the shaft Saturday night. Turbeville said the man got wedged inside the shaft that measured 3 to 4 feet in diameter. Responders from Geyserville and Sonoma County used rope to rescue the pet owner and dog...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 6:27 p.m. on North Fountain Street; 9:01 p.m. on South Benton Street; and 10:06 p.m. on Broadway. n At 2:08 a.m., an EMS call on Delwin Street...
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Jackson fire report 1/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls. n An EMS call on South Shawnee Boulevard. n At EMS call on Jennifer Drive. n An EMS call on West Washington Street. n An EMS call on West Washington Street. n A fire alarm on Lee Street...
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Jackson police report 1/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Blake J. Greene, 32, 430 Marilyn Drive, was arrested on suspicion of stealing. n Courtney J. Moyers, 27, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Danny W. Farmer, 29, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested at the Scott County Sheriff's Department on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation...
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Betty Emmons
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
Betty JoAnn Emmons, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Douglas Breite officiating...
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Zella Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Zella Irene Bollinger, 75, of Fredericktown died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Michael Bresnan
(Obituary ~ 01/26/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Michael T. Bresnan, 71, of Perryville died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. All services are private. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements.
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Flood response a source of pride
(Column ~ 01/26/16)
I was planning a very relaxing week between Christmas and the New Year of 2016 with little city business on the schedule and the family time I enjoyed at Christmas only a happy memory. I was driving back from St. Louis listening to forecasts of unusual heavy flooding rains for mid- and eastern Missouri...
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Race takes center stage at Academy Awards
(Column ~ 01/26/16)
Last week, the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Day. In so many ways, we have come so far from when Dr. King fought and died for civil rights. How is it then possible that we seem to be re-gressing at breakneck speed? Race relations are tenser now than they have been in a long time, and now, it is manifesting in the entertainment industry, with the newly launched #OscarsSoWhite movement...
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Prayer 1/26/16
(Prayer ~ 01/26/16)
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for giving yourself as a ransom for all people. Amen.
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Missouri woman gets 3 years for fatal wrong-way crash
(State News ~ 01/26/16)
Missouri woman gets 3 years for fatal wrong-way crach CLAYTON, Mo. -- A woman has been ordered to spend three years in Missouri prison after having admitted her role in drunkenly causing a fatal wreck while driving the wrong way on a St. Louis-area freeway...
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Sun sets on the Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 01/26/16)
A colorful sunset stretches across the sky as a towboat pushes barges south on the Mississippi River, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in downtown Cape Girardeau. The river recently broke its record crest of 48.49 feet in 1993 when it crested at 48.86 feet about 10 p.m. New Year's Day. According to the National Weather Service out of Paducah, the river stage Monday evening was 24.13 feet...
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Births 1/26/16
(Births ~ 01/26/16)
Son to Trevor Joseph Blakely and Angela Marie Lix of Benton, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:35 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. Name, Anthony Joseph. Weight, 4 pounds, 1 ounce. Second son. Lix is the daughter of Jane and DeWayne Lix of Benton. She is a food ambassador at Saint Francis Medical Center. Blakely is the son of Brenda and Karl Glastetter of Chaffee, Missouri...
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